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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1958

Page

2

State Action To Inaugurate U S Relief Programs Urged

Welfare workers from 24 southeast Iowa counties adopted resolutions urging state legislation to shift public relief expenditures from county funds to federal state sources. Proposals include aid to totally and permanently disabled, more funds for dependent children, and a medical aid program with a goal to reduce county tax burdens. The convention also backed removing settlement requirements and supported centralized mental health administration and improved foster care.

Ottumwa Iowa State Board of Social Welfare

Skilled Trades Classified Mini Ad Listing and Contacts

Include multiple service offerings from moving and hauling to lawn care and plastering. Notable names include EM contact numbers 23 1455 and 3 1121, plus vendors like Brandt Plaster Contractor 4 2224 and Vic Warton. Services cover lawn mowing tree trimming rubbish removal cement hauling cabinet making carpentry and odd jobs.

Ee Pss Iet Revair Bill Leibrand CNP Roe Rae Bop Smedine Bauman Bris Ssoans Paul Paylips Vic Warton Christian Man Dial Em Dee Brandt Ofpork

Wyoming Hardware Pioneer Elmer Diggs Dies at 61

Special to The Gazette. Elmer Diggs 61, owner of Diggs Hardware for 20 years, died Monday. Services at Wallace funeral home. A native of Winterset, he farmed in the North English area before moving to Wyoming. Survived by wife Sylvia and son Glen of Cedar Rapids.

Wyoming Wallace Funneral Elmer Diggs Diggs Hardware

Ten Linn Banks Win Plaques for Bond Sales Quota

Ten Cedar Rapids and Linn county banks received plaques for exceeding their 1957 U S savings bond sales quotas to individual customers. Banks listed include First Trust and Savings, United State, Guaranty Bank and Trust, Peoples Bank and Trust, Merchants National, and others in Cedar Rapids, plus Fairfax State, Lisbon Bank and Trust, Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust, Palo Savings, and Exchange State of Springville. Plaques were presented by Linn county chairman A O Ambroz.

Cedar Rapids Linn County U.S First Trust and Savings Bank United State Bank Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Peoples Bank and Trust

Manchester Bank Files Collection Suit

Lowell C. Richman named defendant in a Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank collection suit for 490.30 in district court. Bank seeks foreclosure of a chattel mortgage on Richman's car and its sale to satisfy the claim.

Manchester Lowell C. Richman Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Manchester

Missed Appeals in Linn County Cancer Crusade Push

General Chairman B Philip Bowen urged anyone not contacted by Crusade volunteers to mail contributions to the Linn County Cancer Society at the Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center. He called for final volunteer reports by Friday and urged reading the educational material distributed by Crusade volunteers.

Linn County Cancer Crusade B. Philip Bowen Linn County Cancer Society Margaret and Howard Hall Bowen Linn County

Three Teachers Resign At Columbus Junction

Three teachers resign from Columbus Community School District in Columbus Junction. The announced departures affect faculty at the district’s schools with no reason given in the notice.

Columbus Junction Columbus

School Board Appoints Staff and Remodels Cotter Property

The board hires Angeline Ornduff as vocational home economics instructor. A school district property in Cotter is being remodeled for occupancy by teacher Everett Hidlebaugh. Don and Carlene Williams and Janice Willhauer are noted individuals in connection with the district.

Don and Carlene Williams Janice Willhauer Angeline Ornduff Cotter Everett Hidlebaugh

Arnold Frey Named to Memorial Commission

Arnold Frey a past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was elected to the Memorial Commission Tuesday night at a Cedar Rapids convention of veterans. He succeeds incumbent Nicholas E Lillios who did not seek another term. Lillios served three years on the commission. The only other nominee was Arthur Kudart a Marine Corps League member. Other members include Abe Pilicer Wendell Kulish Sam T Cohen and Mayor Jim Meaghan ex officio.

Arnold Frey Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Commission Veterans Organizations Cedar Rapids Nicholas E. Lillios Lillies Arthur Kudart Marine Corps League Frey Abe Pilicer Wendl W. Kulish Sam Tt. Cohen Jim Meaghan

Attacked by Bull Leaves Youth Bruised in Farm Incident

Victor Sebetka, 21, narrowly avoids serious injury when a bull unseated him on his father's farm near Norway. He was knocked to the ground and rolled about 18 feet before his father intervened. Sebetka sustained bruises but no broken bones. The bull has since been sold.

the Gazette Norway Victor Sebetka Here Sebetka Lester Sebetka

High School Seniors Named To Boys State Delegates

Senior high students in Cedar Rapids schools elected 11 delegates for the Boys State encampment at Camp Dodge Des Moines on June 17. Delegates include Jefferson William Rossey Jerry Boubin Charles Hackman Dennis Vokelek Robert Farrington Robert Hiatt Charles Traw McCormick Ronald Webber Lawrence Wagner Donald Spratte. The event is sponsored by the American Legion with N. E. Lillies as project chairman.

Cedar Rapids Camp Dodge Des Moines Jefferson William Rossey Jerry Boubin Charles Hackman Dennis Vokelek Washington Robert Farrington Robert Hiatt Charles Traw St. Wenceslaus la McCormick St. Patrick’s Ronald Webber Immaculate Conception Lawrence Wagner Donald Spratte American Legion N. E. Lillies Hanford Post

William Finwalter Dies at Ft. Atkinson

William Finwalter 54, a prominent local farmer, died Monday in New Hampton after a long illness. Services set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. at St. John's church. Rosary to be recited Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. at Chekal funeral home. Survived by wife, daughter Lois, three sons Duane, James, William Jr., and two sisters Edna Krall of Jackson Junction and Lou Einwalter of New Hampton.

Fort Atkinson William Finwalter New Hampton St. John’s Church Edna Krall Jackson Junction Lou Einwalter

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